The theme of the 2017 SCBA International Symposium is Advancing Science, Improving Health. Many participants are leaders in their respective fields, including 6 keynotes, 4 plenary speakers, 2 named lectures and 3 award presentations, which cover areas of signaling, cancer mechanisms and therapeutics, stem cells, nucleic acids, neurobiology, as well as cutting edge structural biology.

In this year's symposium, there are 50 member-initiated sessions, which include 264 lectures that cover an even wider range of biology and medicine, covering immunology, basic mechanisms of gene regulation, genomic biology, genetic and metabolic diseases, stem cells, gene and cell therapy, aging and neuro-degenerative diseases.